Shared navigational information between vehicles

Abstract

A system for vehicle to another party communications that includes a vehicle personality module adapted to create a vehicle personality and a communications system that utilizes the created vehicle personality for one or more communications instead of a user's profile. The one or more communications are associated with one or more of an identifier and an icon representing the vehicle personality, with this identifier and/or icon sent with at least one communication and displayable to the recipient of the communication.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A system for vehicle Global Positioning System (“GPS”) to vehicle GPS communications comprising:
 a message module in a first vehicle adapted to one or more of broadcast and post a query for navigational assistance; 
 a navigation subsystem adapted to analyze the query and determine if a user has information related to the query for navigational assistance; and 
 a message module in a second vehicle adapted to transmit the information related to the query for navigational assistance. 
 
     
     
       2. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the query is posted on a social network. 
     
     
       3. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the analysis of the query includes determining a context of a user in the second vehicle. 
     
     
       4. The system of  claim 1 , wherein a communication session is established between the first and the second vehicle. 
     
     
       5. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the transmitted information includes direction information that is automatically entered into a GPS system of the first vehicle. 
     
     
       6. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the transmitted information is updated based on one or more of weather information, traffic information and user preference information. 
     
     
       7. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the query is one or more of broadcast and posted based on a privacy setting. 
     
     
       8. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the query is one or more of broadcast and posted to one or more known individuals. 
     
     
       9. The system of  claim 1 , wherein a GPS of the first vehicle is in communication with a GPS of the second vehicle. 
     
     
       10. The system of  claim 1 , wherein a GPS of the first vehicle is in communication with a GPS of the second vehicle to allow the second vehicle to automatically follow the route of the first vehicle. 
     
     
       11. A method for vehicle Global Positioning System (“GPS”) to vehicle GPS communications comprising:
 one or more of broadcasting and posting from a first vehicle a query for navigational assistance; 
 analyzing the query and determining if a user has information related to the query for navigational assistance; and 
 transmitting, from a second vehicle, the information related to the query for navigational assistance. 
 
     
     
       12. The method of  claim 11 , wherein the query is posted on a social network. 
     
     
       13. The method of  claim 11 , wherein the analysis of the query includes determining a context of a user in the second vehicle. 
     
     
       14. The method of  claim 11 , wherein a communication session is established between the first and the second vehicle. 
     
     
       15. The method of  claim 11 , wherein the transmitted information includes direction information that is automatically entered into a GPS system of the first vehicle. 
     
     
       16. The method of  claim 11 , wherein the transmitted information is updated based on one or more of weather information, traffic information and user preference information. 
     
     
       17. The method of  claim 11 , wherein the query is one or more of broadcast and posted based on a privacy setting. 
     
     
       18. The method of  claim 11 , wherein the query is one or more of broadcast and posted to one or more known individuals. 
     
     
       19. The method of  claim 11 , wherein a GPS of the first vehicle is in communication with a GPS of the second vehicle. 
     
     
       20. The method of  claim 11 , wherein a GPS of the first vehicle is in communication with a GPS of the second vehicle to allow the second vehicle to automatically follow the route of the first vehicle.